Global Literature Reading Group Books

The Global Literature Reading Group committee has chosen books for the 2015-16 school year:

  • Telex from Cuba book coverTelex from Cuba by Rachel Kushner on November 20, 2015
  • House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East, by Anthony Shadid on April 15, 2016.

Copies of Telex from Cuba are on order now and available for the subsidized price of $5.00. If you would like one to read over the summer, contact Tina Ulrich in the library (995-1063 or tulrich@nmc.edu.)

Read more about the Global Lit Reading Group here »

Happy summer reading from the Global Lit Group!

Benefits corner: Supplemental retirement plans

If you are interested in establishing a supplemental retirement plan and having payroll deductions routed directly to the plan, please contact one of the four companies to get started.

Consolidated Financial Corporation
(403b and 457 Plans)

28411 Northwestern Highway, Ste. 950

Southfield, MI  48034

1.800.232.2383

Contact: Jerome Garrett or Dave Sawchuk

garretj@consolidated-financial.com

sawchud@consolidated-financial.com

Teacher’s Insurance and Annuity Association College Retirement Equities Fund
TIAA-CREF   (403b Plans)

2000 Town Center, Suite 2000

Southfield, MI 48075-1120

248.351.1411

1.800.842.2044 ext.251411

Contact: Edward Bolt

ebolt@tiaa-cref.org

www.tiaa-cref.org

VALIC (403b Plans)

2701 Cambridge Court, Suite 115

Auburn Hills, MI 48326

800.892.5558 ext. 87648

248.754.1105

Contact:  Ken Smagacz

ken.smagacz@valic.com

Thrivent Investment Management Inc. (403b Plan)

625 Fourth Avenue S.

Minneapolis, MN 55415-1665

1.800.847.4836

Contact: Mark W. Jackson

Office: 989.356.1330

Toll-Free: 1.866.582.7684

Cell: 989.657.6466

mark.jackson@thrivent.com

Position vacancies

Are you looking for career opportunities? Find it here! jobs.nmc.edu. Current openings include:

Nursing Instructor – Mental Health

Nursing Instructor – Medical Surgical

Maritime Engineering Instructor – Department Head

Lead Accounting Assistant

Supplemental Nurse for Student Health Services

Supplemental Digital Content Specialist

21st Annual Smart Commute Week – June 1-5

They say there is no such thing as a free lunch… but you can get a free breakfast.

How? Join us for the 21st Annual Smart Commute Week June 1st-June 5th.

What is Smart Commute Week? It’s an annual celebration held during the first week of June consisting of events promoting cycling, walking, taking the bus and carpooling. Free daily breakfasts are hosted at various locations around town for smart commuters. Every year community members challenge each other to a friendly competition known as the Smart Commute Challenge. Register your team and rack up points to win prizes with every smart commute trip you make.

If you want to join the NMC Smart Commute Team, please contact Marcia Talicska at mtalicska@nmc.edu. I will register our team and we will compete for prizes and giveaways throughout the week.

Below is the free breakfast schedule. Drop by on your way to work and let them know you are part of the NMC Team.

Breakfasts are scheduled from 7-9 a.m. and free to Smart Commuters:

Monday June 1st

  • Cavallino Café, 131 Lake Avenue, TC

Tuesday June 2nd

  • Munson Medical Center, 1105 6th Street, TC
  • Munson Community Health Center, 550 Munson Ave, TC
  • Harvest, 113 East State Street, TC

Wednesday June 3rd

  • BATA Transfer Station, 115 Hall Street, TC
  • The Kitchen, 1249 Woodmere Ave #B, TC

Thursday June 4th

  • Disability Network, 415 E Eighth Street, TC
  • Dennos Museum, 1410 College Drive, TC

Friday June 5th

  • Oryana, 260 E Tenth Street, TC – Final awards ceremony